Despite assistance, health care in Haiti still struggles to meet needs

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 13:02
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A Caribbean storm system is dumping heavy rains on Port-Au-Prince as hundreds of thousands remain homeless four months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Despite fears to the contrary, relief agencies have not reported mass outbreaks of contagious diseases among the thousands of displaced families living in squalid camps. Haiti's health system has benefited from an influx of foreign money and resources, but it’s still not enough for many who fall ill. FSRN's Ansel Herz takes us inside Port-au-Prince's only public hospital - the state university hospital of Haiti – to examine what the country’s public health care system is like today.

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Correction by reporter

Eric Lutz is the field coordinator for Operation Blessing at the hospital, not a project manager.

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